Driverless cars are like nuclear power plants. There's such a social stigma around the latter for no reason at all, and people's ignorance will prevent meaningful legislation from getting passed. Democracy is shit man.
Driverless cars are like nuclear power plants. There's such a social stigma around the latter for no reason at all, and people's ignorance will prevent meaningful legislation from getting passed. Democracy is shit man.
You do realise that the current extensions of life through healthcare are so slow that it becomes sustainable. Raising the age of retiring a few years is not so dramatic is it.Originally Posted by Yevrah
I wonder if driverless cars will have some benefit to traffic levels. I hold out hope for a real breakthrough against cancer.
If all cars were driverless, you would expect there to be no congestion at all, especially if they could communicate with each other.
Well I can't speak for anywhere else, but here the main source of congestion is that there's not enough actual road for the amount of cars. So making them self driven won't solve that.
The distance between cars could be reduced considerably. Bumper to bumper, essentially.
An equally important cause of congestion is actually human decision making. Someone slamming on the breaks because someone in front was weaving a bit, or some bellend in a 4x4 not know how big their car is and being too nervous to drive through a gap that is clearly big enough. These are the types of things that at busy times actually cause congestion. All would be removed from the equation should all cars be automated.
There's also driving factors though, like people using the brakes where just slowing down earlier would do, then the people behind them see the brake light and do the same, and so on. Only causing seconds of difference to the individual but a bit of a chain reaction in a queue of cars.
That's exactly how many jams are caused, there's no actual hold up just a ripple effect of braking amplified back through traffic until people are coming to a complete stop.
I wouldn't say it's for no reason. Meltdowns do happen, and I don't just mean by members of this board. A driverless car crashing would be bad - a nuclear meltdown a bit more so.
There definitely is, middle lane hogs, last minute exiters, poor mergers, and the like. But the main one is still that there's not ebough tarmac in some areas for the amount of vehicles.
Too many cars is the issue, actually. If you want to see what laying more tarmac will cause search for that 10+ lanes lolfest in Texas (hint: traffic got even worse.)
I know, I've driven on it. I'd rather see more built than us all being forced onto buses or sharing cars though.
There are numerous studies that suggest more built = more traffic though. Is that what you want?
Yup, traffic levels tend to increase to fit the available capacity. Increased capacity only gives you increased traffic.
They can turn the whole place into roads.
How 'bout some dedicated bike lanes?
Most definitely. There are places on the continent that are brilliant for that and cyslclists and motorists aren't a danger to each other. In an ideal world there would be a cycle lane on every road.
Agreed. This will happen at some point.
Now I am married, children for me. That would be interesting..
Arsenal Win the CL
Winning the lottery
World sea level rise and wipe out countries.
Fuck aye.
I like a lot of cars but driving is shit and I'm losing the will to retry learning/the test living in such a congested city with hideous parking around my way. I'd like one for the journeys out of the city, but perhaps I'll just revert to my last few relationships and get a girlfriend who'll drive in those instances.
Get out.
Newcastle winning something of note would be special. China's apparently created an artificial sun. Hopefully this is a solution to an energy crisis rather than a successful IVF treatment.
Whys that?
The fact you believe something that hasn't happened in 140 years will happen in your lifetime, no doubt.
Haha, one can always live in hope. Without hope, who are we as humans.The fact you believe something that hasn't happened in 140 years will happen in your lifetime, no doubt.
The thread is about global events and achievements of humanity that might possibly happen in your lifetime, not you jizzing in your wife and her pumping out another fucking dipshit waste of space and resources or a shitty fucking football team winning some shitty competition they play in every year. And winning the lottery isn't going to happen. Nor would it be of any interest to anyone else.
fucking hell.
Somebody wasted a tenner on lottery tickets...
It sounds a bit more deep rooted than that. I reckon he was once denied sweets because his mum wanted to put a lottery on but only had two quid in change and didn't want to break a tenner.
@Boydy, chill out and stop being a dickhead.
He's been a right prick lately to be honest.
They're all coming out the woodwork tonight.
Ignore them Boyd. Fully warranted.
KJAC was viewing a minute ago so that works twice.
You're only getting crotchety because I (rightfully) called you a bellend the other day with your pseudo-MRA shit.
It was more vitriolic than was necessary towards TG but it was a stupid post in the first place and then he couldn't even work that out so fuck it.
I'd forgotten about that, I meant you being a cunt to Hammer in the depression thread.
EDIT: Also lol at "pseudo-MRA shit". Fuck off back to tumblr.
Fucking hell. Read a different board if that's how well you understand this one.
Alright pipe down fella.
I just read the title, and it didnt say nothing about not being personal.
Here's his fellow touchy dickhead Toby to defend him...
I've never been on tumblr. You can fuck off back to reddit or 4chan or whatever cesspit of the internet you frequent for your K-Pop and paedophilia.
Excuse me?
'What? It's just baking. I don't... I eat them myself!'
I'll do Boyd some sertraline marshmallows, might perk him up.
I understood (what's there to not understand?). Boydy was being a dick, and got called out for it.
Jesus, you can't even tell someone who's being fucking stupid that they're being fucking stupid any more. It's political correctness gone mad.
Read your post. You sound like a raving madman, throwing personal attacks around.
First act after acting like a dick: admit you've acted like a dick.
You told Hammer he wasn't depressed enough to post in the depression thread and you've just called me a paedophile for not having the same views as you on feminism. That's just being a cock.
Now children, you've all been a bit cranky these past couple of days, does someone need a nap?
I was really just joking but now I'm wondering if Reg actually doesn't understand.
It's not just differing views on feminism. You generally exude the attitude of internet nerd neckbeard types. You were all over the 'faggot' thing as well and love throwing the homophobic slurs around.
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